2016 Wuhan Open
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The 2016 Wuhan Open (also known as the 2016 Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open for sponsorship reasons) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts between September 25 and October 1, 2016. It was the 3rd edition of the Wuhan Open, and part of the WTA Premier 5 tournaments of the 2016 WTA Tour. The tournament was held at the Optics Valley International Tennis Center in Wuhan, China.
Points and prize money
Point distribution
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | 900 | 585 | 350 | 190 | 105 | 60 | 1 | 30 | 20 | 1 |
| Doubles | 1 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Prize money
| Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
| Singles | $471,700 | $235,520 | $117,770 | $54,230 | $26,900 | $13,790 | $7,090 | $3,955 | $2,040 |
| Doubles | $135,000 | $68,200 | $33,635 | $16,990 | $8,600 | $4,255 | —N/a | —N/a | —N/a |
Singles main-draw entrants
Seeds
| Country | Player | Ranking | Seeds |
|---|---|---|---|
| GER | Angelique Kerber | 1 | 1 |
| ESP | Garbiñe Muguruza | 3 | 2 |
| POL | Agnieszka Radwańska | 4 | 3 |
| ROU | Simona Halep | 5 | 4 |
| CZE | Karolína Plíšková | 6 | 5 |
| USA | Venus Williams | 7 | 6 |
| ESP | Carla Suárez Navarro | 8 | 7 |
| USA | Madison Keys | 9 | 8 |
| RUS | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 10 | 9 |
| SVK | Dominika Cibulková | 12 | 10 |
| GBR | Johanna Konta | 13 | 11 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 14 | 12 |
| ITA | Roberta Vinci | 15 | 13 |
| CZE | Petra Kvitová | 16 | 14 |
| RUS | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova | 17 | 15 |
| AUS | Samantha Stosur | 18 | 16 |
- Rankings are as of September 19, 2016
Other entrants
The following players received wild cards into the main singles draw:
The following players received entry from the singles qualifying draw:
- United States Louisa Chirico
- France Alizé Cornet
- Germany Julia Görges
- Russia Daria Kasatkina
- Russia Elizaveta Kulichkova
- United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands
- Czech Republic Kateřina Siniaková
- United Kingdom Heather Watson
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
- Netherlands Kiki Bertens → replaced by Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
- Canada Eugenie Bouchard → replaced by United States Shelby Rogers
- Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam → replaced by Australia Daria Gavrilova
- Serbia Ana Ivanovic → replaced by China Zhang Shuai
- Germany Andrea Petkovic → replaced by Latvia Anastasija Sevastova
- United States Sloane Stephens → replaced by United States Madison Brengle
- Russia Elena Vesnina → replaced by Denmark Caroline Wozniacki
- United States Serena Williams → replaced by Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Retirements
- Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky (Viral illness)
- Romania Irina-Camelia Begu (Rib injury)
- Switzerland Belinda Bencic (Low back injury)
- Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Viral illness)
- Latvia Anastasija Sevastova (Right shoulder injury)
- United Kingdom Heather Watson (Gastrointestinal illness)
Doubles main-draw entrants
Seeds
- Rankings are as of September 19, 2016
Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
- Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky / Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova
- Romania Simona Halep / Latvia Jeļena Ostapenko
- China Han Xinyun / China Zhu Lin
- China Liu Chang / China Zhang Kailin
The following pair received entry as alternates:
Withdrawals
Before the tournament
Retirements
Champions
Singles
- Czech Republic Petra Kvitová def. Slovakia Dominika Cibulková, 6–1, 6–1
Doubles
- United States Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová def. India Sania Mirza / Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová, 6–1, 6–4.